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Orange fruit-stem separation …chemical influences
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California Agriculture 23(5):12-13.
Published May 01, 1969
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Abstract
THE TRADITIONAL METHOD of harvesting citrus fruits in California is hand clipping the fruit stem flush with the fruit button. Increasing picking costs and large labor requirements of this operation have focused attention on the development of more economical methods of mechanical or hand removal.